I’m a newbie here and I haven’t really understood how discourse works yet. So I simply would like to know where to write the script or what to start. This might be a silly question but could anyone give me some advice or help me with it please? Thanks

Hi @keikei What exactly are you trying to do?

Hi there! Try to use search on the site. If you fail to find smth, you can ask about it specifically. Start with this: Categories - Discourse Meta

I would like to create new badges and I found this topic . What I actually want to do is to create new badges that are given to the users who make contributions in a specific category. I know I can create new badges in the badge section in admin but I have no idea how I can set up the conditions to…

Have at look at Badge SQL can no longer be edited by default and Triggered custom badge queries

I’ve read them already and as I mentioned, I have totally no idea where I can write and run this script: ./launcher enter app rails c > SiteSetting.enable_badge_sql = true I think there is no space to write it in admin and so I’m wondering if there is something I have to do before writing it. Am …

You need to be typing this into the console in a terminal session. in ~/var/discourse You get there by opening a console from your server hosting service website or ssh ing in as root. Then cd /var/discourse

This has to be run in the command prompt of the server hosting your Discourse site. If you didn’t set up the server, have the person who did work on this for you. Or, if you are paying for Discourse hosting, ask the hosting company if they are willing to do it for you. Hope that helps.

Thank you @merefield @jtbayly My understanding is that I have to set up a VPS for my discourse site first and then I can run the script through the VPS. Is it right? If so, could you please recommend me which VPS I should have for discourse? I am not sure if I can set it up myself or should ask s…

If you’re following the standard install guide then DigitalOcean is the recommendation. The install process will work at other hosts including Google and Amazon, but isn’t guaranteed to be as straightforward. Their $5 option is fine to start out with.

Thank you. I will look into it.

Help me get Discourse set up for the first time

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